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The Senate is on the cusp of approving historic legislation that would overhaul the nation's immigration laws — and perhaps show that it isn't so dysfunctional after all.
The first test will be a procedural vote Monday on an agreement written by Republican Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and John Hoeven of North Dakota that implements a so-called border surge of agents, technology and fencing along the U.S.-Mexico boundary.
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But before the chamber approves the landmark legislation, several questions remain — including whether the Senate will wait out a key decision from the Supreme Court on gay marriages. And the success of the bill in the Senate means little for the Republican-controlled House. Several hurdles remain before legislation can reach President Barack Obama's desk.
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Here are POLITICO's five key questions for the week:
1. How many Republicans will support the bill?
The Corker-Hoeven proposal has propelled the Gang of Eight bill well past the 60-vote mark, speeding it toward the 70-vote threshold that — once upon a time — seemed like a pipe dream.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that the bill has support from about two-thirds of the Senate so far, which means around 67 votes. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) added that the Corker-Hoeven proposal "gets us over the top."
"I think we're on the verge of getting 70 votes," Graham said on "Fox News Sunday." "We're very, very close to getting 70 votes."
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Several Republicans have backed Corker-Hoeven and are looking likely as "yes" votes for the underlying bill: Among them are Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Nevada Sen. Dean Heller. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has also since signed up as a co-sponsor.
If all 54 Senate Democrats and independents, Republican members of the Gang of Eight and the GOP co-sponsors of the Corker-Hoeven proposal ultimately support the Gang's bill, there are now 66 "yes" votes. That doesn't include Republicans who were long considered potential supporters, such as Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Georgia Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss.
Still, the so-called border surge written by Corker and Hoeven won't satisfy a number of Senate conservatives. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has been publicly critical of the proposal, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said it isn't enough.
"Without some congressional authority, without border security first, I can't support the final bill," Paul told CNN on Sunday.
2. What to do about Leahy?
The original Gang of Eight bill, the marked-up version from the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the sweeping Corker-Hoeven compromise never answered one key question: Will gay couples be covered?
It's still unclear whether Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy's proposal, which would allow gay U.S. citizens to sponsor their foreign spouses for green cards, will get a vote. If it does, it will most likely fall short of the 60-vote threshold that will almost certainly be required to approve it.


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They Left Limbs On the Battlefield. And Now They're Going Back.
Almost inconceivable, but amputees are rejoining their comrades to finish the fight:
The same grit that drew many of these vets to the military in the first place helps push them back into combat. Army Pfc. George Perez, 21, who lost a leg to a roadside bomb in Fallujah, wanted to stay in the service as soon as he found out he could walk again. "Ultimately, I want to do what makes me happy. It's also love of country, but I've got goals. I'm hard to keep down," he says.
Something of an understatement.
Some wounded soldiers are willing to do almost anything to get back into uniform. After Senior Airman Anthony Pizzifred, 20, lost his leg just above the ankle in Afghanistan last March, surgeons told him that the best prosthetic legâone that would allow him to walk, run and wade in the oceanâwas designed for those with more severe amputations. Pizzifred wanted maximum mobility as fast as possible. So he told his doctors to take off as much as they needed. They wheeled him back into the operating room and cut off his leg almost to the knee.
And one more bit of understatement:
"Top Pentagon officials were at first reluctant. But after hearing personal pleas from wounded vetsâand seeing the soldiers' astonishing recoveries firsthandâthey reconsidered. The first Marine amputee found fit for duty has just returned from seven months in Iraq. "We realize that a soldier's strong mental and emotional outlook can more than compensate for a changed body," says Lt. Gen. Franklin Hagenbeck, the Army's deputy chief of staff for personnel.
I'd say. A guy who loses a limb and demands to come back to fight more is probably not the sort of guy a terrorist wants to meet in an alley.
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All you need for the Pattern Makeover classes is a basic "store bought" sewing pattern with a fit that you like -- it doesn't matter whether it's a Simplicity, McCalls, Butterick, or something else, simply a pattern that you have finally gotten to fit right. As with all of us, now that the pattern fits properly, you probably won't want a whole wardrobe of the same thing. The Pattern Makeover classes will show you, step by step, how to change the basic standard round neckline, or basic sleeve on the "store bought" pattern into different flattering styles that you can use, and make every garment DIFFERENT, using the same "store bought" pattern. Whether you're using petite size patterns, average size patterns, plus size clothing patterns, or super plus size clothing patterns, these online sewing classes will help save many dollars while making a very fashionable wardrobe.
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A large dock that floated ashore on a beach in Oregon is definitely debris from last year's tsunami in Japan, a state official said Wednesday.
Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation spokesman Chris Haven said the Japanese consulate in Portland, Ore., traced the nearly 70-foot-long concrete and steel floating dock to a manufacturer in Japan. He also confirmed the dock was in use in an area of Japan hit by the giant waves.
The dock carried a metal placard naming the manufacturer and dated June 2008.
A radiation check came up negative, but an examination by a Hatfield Marine Science Center scientist revealed a starfish native to Japan, Havel said. The parks department was overseeing efforts to identify and remove the dock.
The dock was first spotted floating offshore Monday, and washed ashore early Tuesday on Agate Beach, a mile north of Newport on the central Oregon Coast. It's made of concrete with a metal pontoon and measures 66 feet long, 19 feet wide and 7 feet high.
State police were posted to keep people from climbing on the dock, said Mitch Vance, shellfish program manager for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Vance took samples of the mussels, barnacles and other shellfish clinging to the dock Wednesday morning. There also was green algae and brown kelp, he said.
There was no answer at the Tokyo-listed phone number for Zeniya Ocean Service Engineering Ltd., the company named on the placard, after business hours in Japan.
Fast-moving debris from the tsunami has begun arriving on North America's shores. It includes a soccer ball that washed up in Alaska, and a shipping container holding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with Japanese license plates that turned up in British Columbia.
The bulk of the debris is not expected until winter.
Havel said the department would be responsible for removing the barge, which remained on the beach Wednesday morning. The plaque has been put in storage. It was not yet determined whether the barge would be towed off the beach and floated somewhere for disposal, or cut up on the beach for removal.
In the meantime, small crowds of people have been showing up on the beach to see the dock.
"I think that's going to change to large crowds," Havel said.
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Get Cleaner Air in Your Homes with Houseplants
Houseplants are nice additions to homes and they do more than act as d�cors. Did you know that houseplants are useful for purifying the air you breathe in your home? By adding a few, choice, low maintenance house plants, we can help keep the air inside our homes clean and pure - eliminating pollutants and toxins, counteracting off-gassed chemicals and contributing to balanced internal humidity.
Make Your Own Kitchen Hand Scrub
Working in the kitchen stresses your hands. Having a good hand scrub handy will make it easier for your skin. Here is a very simple recipe from Good Life Eats (check there for US measurements), which only uses sugar, salt, lemon and olive oil. Incidentally, olive oil works great for baby skin, too.
- 350 ml sugar
- 170 ml salt
- zest of 1 extra large lemon (or other citrus)
- 240 ml olive oil
- 120 ml pure lemon extract, optional
Just mix everything together and put in jars.
Eco-challenge: Detox Your Home
- There are many eco-friendly alternatives for traditional cleaning products: why not try out new brands like e.g. Ecover? They have the whole range of products from toilet cleaners to whitening washing powders.
- Dishwashing machines work equally well with products from eco-friendly brands like e.g. Ecover
- For washing machines there are many alternatives: Omnio Bianco marseille, Froggy and Ecover have powders and liquid (and Ecover has a very effective product to treat dirty stains with before washing in the machine), or try the magnetic washing balls, or washing nuts (available in bio shops)
- Have you tried washing your windows with vinegar or products like Ecover before?
- Think of your health and use eco-friendly scents based on essential oils for your home and especially for your toilets!
Stop the Advertising Stampede
Are you coming home and find your mailbox overflowing with supermarket advertising, catalogues and free trying to lure you into spending your money? Not only does it clutter up your mail and seduces you to part with your hard-earned euros, it is also a huge waste of paper and other ressources. There are a few steps you can take to reduce the advertising stampede:
- Go to the website of the Brussels Environment Website and have them send you their mailbox sticker (Flanders version here, Walloon version here). It allows you to indicate to the postman and other "suppliers" what exactly you want and do not want in your mailbox. This is an official sticker, which means you can actually launch a complaint when it is ignored. Note that infos from your Commune will still come through since they are not considered "presse gratuite/gratis bladen".
- Sign up to the Robinson List. Once you have done this, the 450 or so members of the Belgian Association of Direct Marketing should no longer send you their stuff. By the way, this also works for phone marketing.
- Contact the company directly, if there is no other way to make them stop sending you material.
- If you get customer publications from your insurance company, supermarket of choice or mobile phone provider, find out if they have an electronic version (mostly a PDF) on their website - one example is Electrabel's Energique magazine. Some communes also post their magazine as a PDF on their website.
- For more ideas on how to reduce paper - such as getting invoices by e-mail instead of snail mail - check the "Gestes pratiques" section at IBGM or the Mailbox Zero tips on Good.is.
Save Money and the Planet with Your Fridge
Many of us are wasting money and energy because we have not set the right temperature for our fridge and/or freezer. The recommended setting is between 5 and 7 �C for the fridge and about -18 �C for the freezer.
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For health and environmental reasons, many of us do our best to eat organic produce and free-range meat, or even give up meat altogether. Likewise, we may try to be conscious of the body products we use, making sure that they do not contain harmful or irritating ingredients. While we pay attention to what we ingest and what we use on our bodies, we may be less mindful of the household cleaning products we use, thinking that they will not harm us anyway.
On the contrary, they can harm us. Conventional household products are a big source of indoor air pollutants due to their ingredients. They contain irritating and even carcinogenic components that enter our bodies through inhalation and skin contact. After usage, the harmful ingredients persist in the environment, cause harm to nature, and eventually end up in our bodies through the food we eat.
December, dark mornings, early evenings, winter weather, holidays � It is the season of illumination! Whether an evening at home or inviting family and friends to a festive party � illumination brings atmosphere, comfort, and essential lighting. Illumination via electrical sources also brings increased cost to your pocket and the environment. Can you still light your home festively and be kinder to your pocket and your planet? Absolutely! A few tricks and changes and you're on your way.
What to Do with Your Household Waste in Belgium
In Belgium, each region and even each commune has a different system of sorting waste. To find out how what goes into which bag in your commune you can check www.fostplus.be. Everything which does not go into the usual white (general waste), blue (PMD - Plastic bottles and flasks, Metal packaging and Drinks), green (garden waste) and yellow (paper) bags or glass containers in your neighbourhood needs to be dropped elsewhere and it might sometimes be difficult to find out where.
Find out How Much Heat Your Roof is Losing
If you live in the Brussels Capital Region, have a look at your house seen from the sky with a thermal camera measuring the efficiency of your roof insulation. The Brussels Environment Institute website shows you just how much heat you're wasting... available in Dutch or French. Subsidies for roof insulation are available in all regions of Belgium - learn more in our article on the topic.


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September 19. 2013 12:54PM
Nashua man charged in theft of train parts
By PAT GROSSMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
– Two men spent hours loading heavyweight train parts, left outside a Bud Way company, only to dump them at a shuttered hotel in Bedford after a scrap metal yard refused to buy them, police said.
On Wednesday, police arrested James Neveu, 21, of 72 Chestnut St., Apt. Q, on a class A felony charge of theft by unauthorized taking. They have an arrest warrant for a second man, but have yet to locate him, according to Lt. Denis Linehan.
The train parts were stolen in October 2012 from South Wind Rail Travel at 3 Bud Way. The parts, valued at $6,700, included castings for two air reservoirs and a coupler for a train braking systems. They were left outside the business.
"It took two guys hours to load it into a vehicle," Linehan said.
Neveu and the other man then drove to a Manchester scrap metal yard to try and sell the parts, according to Linehan. The yard refused to buy them, Linehan said, and the pair decided to get rid of them by dumping them at the shuttered Sheraton-Wayfarer in Bedford.
Bedford police filed a report with Nashua police that linked Neveu and the other man to the scene where the train parts were recovered.
What's next: Neveu was held on $5,000 cash/surety bail pending arraignment Thursday in 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division.


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Some experts believe that power meters and speed and distance devices have made heart rate monitors irrelevant.
Heart rate monitors took the endurance sports world by storm in the early 1990s. The practice of heart rate monitoring appealed to cyclists, runners and triathletes as a way to make their training more precise and scientific.
By the late 1990s, a majority of cyclists and triathletes (if not the majority of runners, who always lag behind in terms of adopting new technologies) used heart rate monitors in every workout and race, heart rate-based training systems dominated systems based on other intensity metrics, and coaches such as Sally Edwards had made healthy careers as heart rate training gurus.
But then the backlash began. Skeptical coaches and exercise scientists pointed to the limitations of heart rate monitoring and the dangers of over-relying on it. With the advent of power meters for cycling, some coaches and experts began to argue that proper use of a power meter makes heart rate monitoring pointless. And with the advent of run speed and distance devices, the same argument is now being made to runners.
RELATED: Running 101: Training With A Heart Rate Monitor
My position is not quite so extreme. I believe that there is potential value in heart rate monitoring, but that heart rate should be used as an intensity metric secondary to power or pace. First let me make the case against heart rate monitoring, then the case for it, and then let you decide what to do.


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INTERPOL Global Conference on Vehicle Crime
26 - 28 November 2013 - Lyon, France
The INTERPOL Global Conference on Vehicle Crime brought together nearly 200 participants representing law enforcement authorities of 55 member countries as well as six international organizations and 40 private entities.
Delegates shared expertise and best practices on ways to prevent vehicle theft, recover stolen vehicles and ensure that stolen vehicles are not used in other crimes.
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Death panels versus hospice
Under Obama's health care reform, critics say, "death panels" will decide who gets to live and who gets to die. Unfortunately, this scare tactic could mean no funding for a program many Catholics seem to think important: hospice care.
In theory at least, Catholics like to look at death as a natural part of life, as a point of transition and not an end. But at the same time, we all want to be alive, and death can be scary.
Sadly, some have chosen to speak to our fears with this talk of "death panels," and according to this NYT article, that might mean that politicians are scared of putting any "end-of-life" language in their bills, even if it's for funding of positive (and yes, probably cost-saving) programs that Medicare recipients couldn't otherwise afford on their own.
The article is a long one, but it's worth a read to see what exactly "palliative care" means and how our health care system could handle death a lot better than it is.
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly is also covering this issue well. Here are a few stories to watch:
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Glyn Philpot: Artist at the Crossroads
In the first of a two part story Grace Brockington examines two British artists characterised by outward controversy and inner conflict: Glyn Philpot and Eric Gill
The Scent of Fashion
Nicola Harding on dress in the Courtauld's Impressionist paintings
Impressionist Dealers and Collectors
Rebecca Virag on the people who created markets for the works of Monet, Degas, Cézanne and Renoir
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Professor Ian James, Head of Mathematics, Meteorology and Physics at the University of Reading
Jack Vettriano on Forain
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Can high school students take on gay marriage?
NCR reported on—and posted—an editorial by a Catholic high school newspaper staff on gay marriage that was removed by school administrators. A column written by a gay student was also posted.
My interest was piqued by this story because I've both been and worked with high school journalists, but any good young journalist knows that the Supreme Court's Hazelwood decision gives public school administrators a great deal of authority over content. Clearly, the students at a private Catholic school can't argue that their first amendment rights have been violated.
According to the Student Press Law Center (SPLC), administrators stood behind the column and editorial, allowing it to be printed and posted online, only removing it after it received 150 online comments. The administrators cited concern for gay students who hadn't come out in addition to confusion over church teaching, but anyone who has worked in a high school for any period of time could have anticipated that.
Here's SPLC Executive Director Frank LoMonte's response to the situation: "You never want to let the hostility of the audience drive you to censorship. If the comments really are the concern, then there were more limited and better ways to address the concern than shutting down the whole conversation…The student's column was a cry for acceptance. The last thing a bullied person needs is to be told to shut up. He's just being bullied a second time."
But from the perspective of church, what is the best way to handle this situation?
I'm reminded of Donna Freitas' explanation of the difference between Catholic and evangelical youth culture: Evangelical youth have ownership and create the culture themselves (even if a growing number favor gay marriage). She suggests letting young people have more ownership over spirituality and theology—while grounding them in tradition, of course.
Here we have high school kids trying to engage in a very difficult and grown-up conversation. Perhaps the comments section of a website isn't the best place for such a conversation, but I hope that it doesn't end here—and that adults aren't ones shutting students out of the conversation. If adults do shut the conversation down, then they only have themselves to look at when they ask why young people aren't in the pews.


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After The Pirate Bay snagged IFPI.com and converted it into the "International Federation of Pirate Interests," the real IFPI vows to fight them legally. The 'Bay is ready and insists it has done nothing wrong.
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I see two directions this could go
1. IFPI should have sued the original squatter months ago. they'll be shown to have lost the right to sue because they failed to protect their interests at all times (which is why some companies fire off infringement letters to everyone using their marks fair use or not)
2. the very fact of the nature of pirate bay will cause PB to lose the site. the content and association combined could cause the confusion
Well, guess what IFPI: you sat with your thumbs up your backsides for too long and now someone else has picked it up, so suck it.
I dont see how the pirate bay can lose. They clearly labeled the site so you cant really claim confusion. You also cant trademark an abbreviation. So using ifpi is fair game. Now if the site looked like the ifpi.org site, then they would have a case. As is, the pirate bay should get to keep the site.
I don't see how the second thing can come true. The Pirate Bay is going to open their own site, with the same acronym as the IFPI run by the music companies...... so what? This isn't a case of 'cybersquatting', it's more a case of the Pirate Bay turning the IFPI's own methods against them!
I honestly like it when we see fights like this in business-- people being witty and clever, rather than just legal shouting fights.
WWF comes to mind.
IFPI only had the name in the first place to squat on it so no one else could use it. They obviously weren't updating it or using it commercially so I say they lost the right to bitch about it now. Trademarking acronyms is as dumb as Paris Hilton trying to trademark that's hot.
If anyone of us left a site dormant like that an it fell in someones hands we didn't like, it'd just be too bad for us, same should be true of them.
Couldn't the Pirate Bay just put up a graphic on the site that says "If you're looking for the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry click here" in big letters with a pretty badge?
That would prove they have no intent to confuse...
I'd have to think the fact that the IFPI let the domain lapse would count heavily against them. Typically cybersquatting involves beating an entity to a domain they feel they have some claim to. Here, the IFPI ostensibly decided they didn't care about the domain. They let it go. They even say that their site, the .org site, is running fine. They wanted .org, but apparently not .com - until now.
Arguably, they were squatting on .com.
I'm not sure what you meant by that, but as I understand it the WWF did lose anything to the WWF..
The WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) and the WWF (World Wrestling Foundation) had an agreement the the Wrestling guys could use the WWF name for a set period of time, and then would have to change. So the WWF didn't attack the WWF like IFPI is going after PB.
It seems like the IFPI would have had a case against the original squatter, but less of one against Pirate Bay. The anti-squatter clause is designed to prevent squatters from buying up a domain with the intent to extort the mark holder into purchasing it off them. If Pirate Bay has no interest in doing this and is rather hosting their own site, then I am not sure that the squatter provisions are relevant.
I don't support pirates in their actions in regards to piracy. However, in all fairness, I would have to rule from the evidence that the original ifpi screwed the pooch, and they've (the pirates) got the .com domain fair and square, with zero attempted subterfuge. It just happens that the initials are the same, but hey, how many organizations have the same initials? Since the pirate group isn't remotely trying to pass themselves off as the past owners of the site, and especially considering just how cheap and easy it is to automatically renew domains (only a few bucks per year, and registrars are only too happy to put you on auto-renewal, given a card number) I sincerely hope that the pirate group wins, to make a point that you can't afford to take such things for granted.
As the poster says, it is the very nature of The Pirate Bay that might swing the vote in IFPI's direction. No matter what we may think of the recording industry they are a legitimate business association fully backed by the legal system. TPB on the other hand is a political protest-group operating on the edge of the law who is using the situation for provocation. There was no International Federation of Pirate Interests before they got their hands on that domain.
Pirate Bay is as legitimate as any other company, if you think otherwisee, explain.
"operating on the edge of the law"
What the hell are you talking about? Work for some large dumbass corporation much?
IIRC, they've benefited from gray areas of international law just as much as corporations like Blackwater USA have, come to think of it. The "edge" of the law sounds about right.
I think this particular spat is funny as hell.
this story made my day...thanks for the coverage... =)...
Blackwater is not subject to the law of the country they're operating in.
Pirate Bay is subject to the law of the country they operate in, and the courts there has deemed them legal. That's no grey area at all, they have been tried, and found legal. There's no "grey areas" in law. Whether what they do would be illigal in other countries is irrelevant.
Naturally. Would be pretty cool if they fought in some sort of underground fight club instead.
I know it would be childish, but making the word "phonographic" in the link an animated GIF that switched to "pornographic" for one frame every 20 seconds would be too great a temptation to resist.
If the Phonographic IFPI wins over the Pirate IFPI, I'm going to run out and trademark a whole slew of acronyms, and see what domains I can force people to stop using... I mean really, that's just how stupid this is. "Our initials are IFPI, so you can't use ifpi.com even though your initials are IFPI too." Absurd. And the people at TPB seem to really know what they're about, legally speaking. So far as I know, they've never lost a legal dispute, despite endless legal bullying.
If you can't trademark an abbreviation, why would World Wresting Federation have need permission from World Wildlife Foundation to use WWF?
Whatever your stance on copyright law and file sharing, the Pirate Bay's antics are hella fun to watch. I hope they get to keep the domain.
I was thinking the same thing, pop up a link to the other IFPI
According to Wikipedia because they had signed a prior agreement in 1994 with the World Wildlife Fund agreeing to limit their use of the mark overseas and a court found they were in violation of that agreement. It wasn't normal law that stopped them, it was an agreement they had made in the past.
You can trademark an abbreviation. AT&T, TIAA-CREF, HCA. All Fortune 100 companies. You think their names are un-trademarked? GEICO, CBS, NBC, ABC, etc...
Sure there was. They were just waiting to get a cool domain name.
Anyway, you snooze, you loose. They had it did not use and let it expire. How it got to tPB is not important IMO but mark my words that is exactly what the IFPI will try to focus the case on. Simply put the "squatter" gave it to them so by extension it should be given back to us -etc...
They [tPB] had better get some real content on the .com so however just affirm they are serious about the organization and not doing a political stunt no matter how cool it is.
I think those are trademarked as logos or corporate names not acronyms. The IFPI's name is the full name not "IFPI" so thats where the legalisms kick in.
CBS's name is "Columbia Broadcasting System", NBC is "National Broadcasting Company" and ABC is "American Broadcasting Company", you can trademark acronyms.
Tricksters of the 21st Century. Bravo.
whitehouse.com v. whitehouse.org
They could sell pirate related items such as hats and t-shirts. Totally legitimate business, and they acquired an existing .com that became available when it was no longer used.
Hell, if IFPI.org wins this, then it sets up a whole new series of name exploitations since all any company would have to do is register the .com once, then let it go (never pay again). All they have to do is say that the new (completely legitimate) user of the name is a squatter and should give it back.
It means that the first purchaser has permanent rights to the .com, which would be absurd.
Yet another story first reported by Wired News then followed on by Ars without noting others were there first.
Given the general practice of citing sources here at Ars, it seems unlikely to me that they saw it at Wired, repeated Wired's coverage, and then failed to cite Wired as a source. There are other ways of hearing about news, even this sort, than reading Wired, after all.
Or are you implying some other sort of misconduce?
First post was a troll. You're gonna have an ilustrious career at Ars aren't ya?
you only have to cite the article if you take from that article. Ars did their own, independent investigation and reported their own findings.
Please note that I didnt write "outside" the law but "on the edge" of the law.
By that I mean that the TPB-guys constantly are going right to the limit of what they can get away with legally - and sometimes even pushing the boundary a little into the legal gray-zones. They do this deliberately because their ultimate goal is to get the laws changed but it has also branded them as provocateurs in the eyes of many. Thus it could very well happen that ICANN would see the purchase of the domain as an attempt to provoke IFPI rather than a serious interest in using it. I guess we'll see.
Incidentially I do work for a large corporation btw. But that doesnt prevent me from sympathizing with TPB and finding their cat'n mouse games with the content industry most entertaining...
I don't doubt TPB has a certain reputation, but it's the term "edge of the law" I find disagreeable. How can you have such a term about a company that is completely law abiding?
They host torrents, it's legal, it's not on the edge of anything, Swedish law says they can.
You may be right however that ICANN would consider TPB "the bad boy", but I hope they treat everyone fairly despite of what they may or may not think of them (on that note IFPI probably doesn't have the favour of many geeks).
The Pirate Bay is my favorite torrent site.
I wanted to buy a shirt, but the shirt company is swedish based. after currency conversion, shippping, and taxes it came out to about $50CAD!
Hey, Pirate Bay! get a North American shirt maker! please!
Legal for the time being. But remember that laws are dynamic. They can be changed by politicians and politicians can be influenced by special interest groups. Groups like IFPI...
I remember that the swedish police was quite quick on the trigger when somebody in the ministry of justice wanted TPB raided a while back. Nothing came out of it of course, but it does demonstrate that there are forces even within Sweden that wouldnt hesitate a second busting them if it was possible.
No I would definitely not call TPB "completely law abiding". They are going right to the limit with little safety margin. Just within the law, but only just. For now.


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I recently had the opportunity to go to a place I love, a place I had not been in 20 years. Along with my grandaughter, Cheryl Tanner and her mother Teri Cleland, we loaded up and headed 400 miles due South to Bradenton Beach, Fla. A close friend, Deloris Cooler, rode with us as far as Plant City, Fla., where we dropped her off to visit with her sister.
Bradenton Beach is actually one of several beaches on Anna Maria Island, a narrow 7.5-mile strip of fine white sandy beach surrounded by turquoise blue water with Tampa Bay on the eastside and the Gulf of Mexico on the west side sitting off the coast of Bradenton, accessible by two roads. The other beaches are Holmes beach and Coquina beach.
Anna Maria Island, the "wedding capital of Florida," is the perfect paradise without an attitude. In fact a wedding was taking place on the beach while we were there, timing the "I do's" to coincide with the spectacular sunset the island is famous for.
Talking with John and Marija Privitera, parents of 9-month-old twins Elena and Natalia, they told me they own a condominium on the island and travel from their home in Washington, D.C., every three months for a little "R & R" in paradise. They say once you visit the island you're hooked and I have to agree with them.
A variety of wildlife and flora add to the beauty of the island including lots of birds, sea oats, native trees loaded with sea grapes and nesting turtle's on the beach that are protected by law as are their sea cows, known as manatees. Hence, the name of the county. Visiting the Anna Maria City pier which juts out into Tampa Bay, we watched fishermen armed with rod and reels and 12 foot nets in search of their catch of the day.
A great addition to the island since I last vacationed there is the Manatee County Area Transit trolley, known as MCAT, that has been in operation for more than nine years. When we hopped aboard for a ride to the City Pier Restaurant and our driver, Gail, one of three drivers said, "it runs from the Anna Maria Pier north to Coquina Beach south every 20 minutes stopping for pick ups and drop offs every 2-4 blocks."
Hours of operation are 6 a.m.-10:30 p.m. The fare is free but donations are accepted. The "Cat" trolley signs are displayed on poles by covered 'wait' stations provided with a bench. The trolley is air-conditioned, clean and comfortable. What could be better? Just park your car at your vacation spot then hop on the trolley to go sight seeing!
We stayed at Koi One Vacation Rentals on 4th Street South off of Gulf Drive, which is designated a Florida Scenic Highway that begins at the city limits of Bradenton Beach and extends south to Coquina Beach ending at the foot of Long Boat Key bridge. We were steps away from the beach and walking distance to the islands eateries and quaint shops.
We entered the apartment through an open gate courtyard lush with bamboo and ground covering flora. In the center is a fish pond with a cascading water fall with benches nearby to sit on to watch the fish while having our morning coffee. Pure heaven! We could see an energizing sunrise over the bay and a peaceful sunset dipping into the Gulf of Mexico all from the same spot. Everything was provided that we would need for our stay except for our own personal beach essentials.
Talking with owner Melissa Rhodes, she told said Tropical Storm Debby when it hit the area in late June packed some really high winds, downed a lot of trees and dumped a lot of rain. Parts of town were flooded and she had a lot of clean up to do around the apartment. The Manatee County maintenance crew did such an excellent job of cleaning up in public places the average tourist would not have noticed any damage except for some beach erosion, kelp and seaweed that had come ashore from the extreme high tides.
When talking with Stacy Pruett, manager of the Coquina Cafe on the beach, and employee Christopher Ulmer, they said it took them several days before they could reopen. Tables, chairs and umbrellas on the open deck were all strewn around. The sea water rose so high it gushed through the gift shop which sits above the beach at least 3 feet. They said the groins along the beach that are usually covered with sand to prevent normal erosion from regular rise and fall of tides were left eroded and bare.
Manatee County Marine Rescue Division has two areas on the island that have stands with lifeguards on duty. One on Holmes Beach and one on Coquina Beach. Coquina Beach, getting it's name from the tiny coquina shells that look like angel wings when washed ashore, is a special place to come for families. There is a long section of large shade trees with a line of picnic tables for anyone to use for a day at the beach to cook out, bring their picnic lunch and just relax together. Ample paved parking away from the picnic area is also provided. An accomodation such as this along with the trolley service provided would be an excellent tourist attraction for Hilton Head Island beaches.
We had our last supper on the island at Rotten Ralph's Restaurant on the Bradenton Beach City Pier. The manager there chatted with us at the table about tropical storm Debbie and pointed out one sunken boat out in the Bay. Also a mast from a sunk sail boat that had gotten washed under the floating dock was protruding high in the air. That part of the pier was damaged and closed to the public. The other three concrete piers on Bradenton Beach the public could fish off of were already damaged to a degree but tropical storm Debby just added more damage.
We had a wonderful time together, laughing, relaxing on the beach, shopping, exploring the different fishing piers and of course the fabulous restaurants with scrumptious seafood entree's. On our early morning departure to return home and reality, Cheryl took a shot of tall palm trees silhoutted against a morning sky with her phone.
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Excerpted from U.S. Coins and Currency, 2nd Edition by Allen G. Berman, available from http://www.ShopNumisMaster.com. An error coin is a coin manufactured incorrectly or one that is manufactured correctly on damaged or incorrectly made dies. Errors have been produced by a wide variety of mistakes, from the wrong metal being used, to the coin being struck off center. The Mint tries to prevent such coins from getting out. In most cases, error coins are usually caught and melted by the Mint. Because the modern automated manufacturing process creates far fewer errors and greater uniformity than in ancient times, collectors of modern coins actually prize such mistakes. (Similar errors may actually reduce the value of ancient coins.) Errors in larger coins, proofs and commemoratives tend to be scarcer because more attention is paid to the inspection process. Over the last 50 years, more have been getting out than in the past, and as a result, recent errors are not as valuable as early ones. Worth may also vary depending on the extent of the error.
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Following is a list of the basic types of errors and how they are produced. BIE Cent – a special kind of die chip in which a small chip out of the die between the "B" and "E" in "Liberty" looks like an extra letter "I." Fairly common in the 1950s. Blank – A blank, or planchet, is the piece of metal on which a coin is struck. Sometimes they escape the Mint with no processing whatsoever. Other times, they escape unstruck but do make it through the machine that upsets the edge slightly. These are called type I and type II blanks, respectively. Brockage – Coin struck with a coin and a die instead of two dies. Caused by the previous coin adhering to one die. If it covers the whole die, it creates a "full brockage." Clashed dies – Coin struck with a die that has been previously struck by another die, leaving some of its impression behind. On the coin, the image of the primary die will be bold, and the image of the residual impression will be very faint. Clip – Coin struck on a blank that has part of its edge missing. There are two causes. A regular clip is caused by the punching device attempting to cut out the form of another coin before a previously punched blank is out of the way. A straight clip is caused when a blank is punched out from too near the end of the sheet of metal. Cud – A cud is a raised area of a coin near its edge. It is caused by a piece of the die chipping away. There is no striking surface in that spot to force the coin's metal down. Die Chip – A die chip is similar to a cud, but it can be very small and occur anywhere in the die, not just the edge. Die Crack – A crack in the die will cause a very fine raised line across the surface of the coin it strikes. Larger cracks are worth more. Doubled Die – Caused by several things, all in the die manufacturing process. The coins will appear blurred at first glance, but upon inspection, the details will appear to be doubled. Double Struck – When a coin that has been struck fails to eject from between the pair of dies, it will receive a second impression, usually not centered. Lamination – Occasionally called an "Occluded Gas Lamination," this error is caused by improper mixture of metal when the alloy is being made. It will appear as flaking on the surface. Mismatched Dies – This occurs when one of the two dies is intended for another coin. To date, all but one has been struck on a blank intended for the larger coin. Off Center – When the blank is not lined up with the dies, only part of the impression is made. The other part of the blank remains just that: blank. Struck Through – A coin that had foreign matter on the blank, which was impressed into the surface by the die. Wrong Metal – When a blank intended for one coin is accidentally mixed into blanks destined for another and is struck with those dies.


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CHUNGBUK, KOREA- Nov 25, 2009 – SoC R&D Center in Chungbuk Technopark (CBTP) a non-profit local government foundation in Chungbuk Province, today announced that they have licensed the ARM® Cortex™-M0 processor.The licensing agreement will enable CBTP to accelerate innovation based on the Cortex-M0 processor for Korean start-up companies, and fabless companies currently designing MCUs based on 8- or 16-bit architectures.
The Cortex-M0 processor is the lowest power and smallest 32-bit ARM processor. It offers ultra low-power, energy-efficiency and low gate count, with binary upwards compatibility with the higher performance ARM Cortex-M3 processor.
"CBTP's support for the ARM Cortex-M0 processor is already creating huge interest in the Korean semiconductor industry." said Jong Sung Lim, CEO of CBTP. "By offering the ARM Cortex-M0 processor, CBTP are able to further accelerate the growth of fabless companies in Korea."
"The agreement between ARM and CBTP marks the beginning of an important partnership" said Joo Sock Lee, Director of SoC R&D center in CBTP. "Offering ARM Cortex-M0 is a key strategy in our mission to stimulate the growth of Korean fabless companies in Chungbuk province – and realize our vision of creating Korea's silicon valley".
"This agreement has been specifically designed to enable wider access to ARM processor IP for smaller Korean MCU design companies," said Sam Kim, President, ARM Korea. "The suitability of the Cortex-M0 processor for ultra low power, low-cost applications, combined with the broad ecosystem of silicon, tools, software and middleware vendors, makes it an ideal choice for companies who are looking to move on from 8- or 16-bit technology to achieve higher performance without sacrificing area or low power consumption."
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Chungbuk Technopark leads the way of fostering strategic industries, hauling the growth of the local economy, and executing balanced regional development to achieve the self sustainable regional development eventually. Established on August 1, 2004, CBTP stimulates regional innovation and growth in the Chungbuk economy.SoC R&D Center established on October 1, 2006, focus on the design support of fabless companies in Korea. The Center provides EDA Tools, Emulator, Simulation Accelerator, and commercial IPs to fabless companies. Also, the Center establishes and provides technology and information networking, and helps to establish and incubate fabless companies.
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